TidePony wrote:No! Bama, LSU, or Florida never schedule like that and we should not either. Typically, Bama plans on ONE big out of conference game per season For example, Penn State this year and Michigan next year. NTSU, either New Mexico school, or even one of the directional LA schools should be targeted. SMU has to think recruits and AQ from this point on.
They don't schedule like that because they are in the SEC and already play a tougher schedule. We won't have a conference schedule this tough. There is probably a balance here, 2-3 more respectable opponents and 1-2 not so tough. IMO, we should be playing old-SWC mates as much as possible. Those rivalries can be re-kindled. TCU and Baylor should be on the schedule every year. Rotate in the others. Also schedule Ole Miss, Vandy and other similar schools from time to time. We may take a few more losses but who wants to watch SMU v. UNT? We need to bring back a fan base that disappeared for a generation so need wins but we need respectable wins.
For us the conference schedule will be tough because we need several really really good recruiting classes to be competitive. Just about every team we will play in the Big East will be more talented than USM (with the exception of the service academies). After next year it will be a dogfight just to get to a bowl. We just got pounded by 2 CUSA teams and will be in the toughest division in the Big East. We need to think bowl games now and several years later when we have our foundation set then play one or two semi tough teams. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. In fact, we might have a tough time making a bowl game next year.
"We will play man to man and we will pick you up at the airport." - Larry Brown
StallionsModelT wrote:Look, I understand for wanting to schedule them. Easy driving distance and they would bring a respectable number to Ford. However, there is no incentive now for us to ever play them. They will now be the only DFW program that doesn't have AQ status. Let them rot. If we win its expected but if we lose its a disaster. Not to mention the enormous case of [deleted] envy they have for us that it would be their Super Bowl to beat SMU. Now that we are in the Big East, I think we should use that elevated status to try and start a series w/ Notre Dame.
There are OBVIOUS reasons to want to do this, but we have to make it worth ND's while. Agree to play 3 in South Bend and 2 at Cowboys Stadium. We fit their profile of school they like to play (academically strong with a commitment to athletics) and have a lot of ties with them thanks to Steve Orsini. SMU and Notre Dame have played in the past and now that we are at the big boy's table I would think Notre Dame would be more apt to listen to a possible series with SMU. They would love the recruiting exposure in Dallas and the opportunity to play at Jerry World.
No. Even though the ponies are in the Big East, I don't think that Notre Dame would accept such an offer. The same argument that you're applying for dropping the UNT game is the argument they'd use on you guys. They win, cool- they were supposed to. They lose, wow- they must suck. (Speaking in their frame-of-mind, not mine.) I don't think the switch from UNT to Notre Dame is gonna happen. Sorry.
"Fight 'em until hell freezes over. Then fight 'em on the ice!" - Dutch Meyer.
no reason to drop the UNT series; that series, along with SMU vs TCU is good for metroplex and as a member of the Big East, we may get an occasional game with Notre Dame but will likely be in South Bend. If they do ever agree to come to Big D, agree it would have to be played at Cotton Bowl or Cowboy Stadium
With Big East travel demands, I would expect our non-conference schedule to become more regional and could feature games with Rice, Tulane, Tulsa, UTEP in future years
Charleston Pony wrote:no reason to drop the UNT series; that series, along with SMU vs TCU is good for metroplex and as a member of the Big East, we may get an occasional game with Notre Dame but will likely be in South Bend. If they do ever agree to come to Big D, agree it would have to be played at Cotton Bowl or Cowboy Stadium
With Big East travel demands, I would expect our non-conference schedule to become more regional and could feature games with Rice, Tulane, Tulsa, UTEP in future years
Well put.
"Fight 'em until hell freezes over. Then fight 'em on the ice!" - Dutch Meyer.
